Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate
What are the best ways to learn about different investment classes? The Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate provides a comprehensive review of critical terminology and concepts. Understand the key features and differences between private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure, commodities, and hedge funds.
As demand for alternative investment strategies increases, the Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate can give your career a competitive edge. Grow your knowledge of these growing investment classes with course material built on the globally recognised CFA® Program. With this foundational understanding, you’ll be ready to meet the needs of today’s investors.
Built on globally recognised CFA Program content, it provides foundational level knowledge across alternative investments.
The certificate is composed of five courses with practical application exercises and one final assessment. View the full syllabus.
USD 890
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- Certificate – 5 course series
- Foundational level
- 70-90 hours to complete
- Self-paced online learning
Prerequisites
What you’ll learn
Upon completion of this certificate you will be able to:
- Understand alternative investments, their benefits, and challenges, explore various investment methods, and develop a basic knowledge of risk management strategies, while gaining an introductory perspective on the performance of alternative investments compared to traditional ones.
- Explain and analyse the features, investment characteristics, and value creation sources of private equity and private debt, compare various investment types and evaluate fund structures, terms, and financial performance from an investor’s perspective.
- Explain the features, characteristics, and investment structures of real estate and infrastructure investments; analyse their sources of return, risks, and diversification benefits, and apply due diligence and valuation approaches for informed decision-making.
- Explain the role of natural resource and commodity investments in a diversified portfolio, describe and analyse their unique features and characteristics, apply key terms and concepts, evaluate different commodity sectors, explore market dynamics, and assess the impact of natural resources on economic growth and commodity prices.
- Explain hedge funds’ investment features and contrast them with other asset classes, analyse their sources of risk, return, and diversification, explore strategy classifications, assess the role of hedge fund strategies in a portfolio, describe the role of due diligence, and evaluate hedge fund performance both before and after fees.
Why choose the Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate?
Enhanced vocabulary
Speak about private markets and alternative investments with complete confidence.
Authoritative content
Focus your expertise with content built on the industry-leading CFA Program and practicing subject matter experts around the globe.
Insights from experts
Benefit from the knowledge of established practitioners with a Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate developed by leaders in investment education.
Practical application
Gain a foundational understanding of the core concepts of the private markets industry and how to practically apply them.
Future-proof knowledge
Learn the key skills you need to become the investment professional of tomorrow.
Enhanced professional profile
Share your achievement on professional networks with a shareable digital badge on completion.
Who should enrol
- People starting a career in the private markets industry who aspire to work for a general partner firm (GP), limited partner (LP), or other alternatives specialists.
- Existing industry professionals such as investors or asset owners who are looking to allocate to private markets or alternative investments.
- Investment Consultants working with general partner or limited partner firms who want to understand the industry landscape and terminology.
Topics covered
- Investment Management Strategies
- Financial Markets
- Equity Investments
- Alternative Assets
- Investment Products and Asset Classes
Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate
Enrol todayUnderstand key features and differences between private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure, commodities, and hedge funds.
Curriculum
Discover the different roles played by private markets and alternative investments in multi-asset portfolios.
Understand the features, investment characteristics, risk and return profiles, and diversification benefits of private equity and private credit investments. Learn how these - plus other factors – drive investors’ interest.
Gain valuable insight into the roles played by real estate and infrastructure investments in multi-asset portfolios.
Become familiar with commodities and natural resources, and their crucial role within investment portfolios.
Understand the features of hedge funds including their structures, strategies, risk and return profiles, and diversification benefits of hedge fund investments.